Drapery mounting clip



Dec. 10, 1957 J. NEMETH DRAPERY MOUNTING CLIP Filed March 29, 1956 INVENTOR. w x/osEPH NE'ME TH Arm A/E United States PatentO DRAPERY MOUNTING CLIP Joseph Nemeth, Detroit, Mich. Application March 29, 1956, Serial No. 574,891 Claims. (Cl. 24-86) This invention relates to a drape or curtain mounting clip and more particularly to a clip which is self supporting upon the drape or curtain and which is adapted for supporting said drape or curtain upon a rod or traverse.

Heretofore in this art there has existed the difficulty of attaching the clips by sewing. Oftentimes the clips must be removed for cleaning of the drapes and thereafter sewed back on.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a simplified drape or curtain mounting clip which does not require sewing and alternatively incorporates locking means whereby the clip in itself is self-securing.

It is the further object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive and simplified clip adapted for supporting drapes, curtains or the like which includes barbed means for interlockingly connecting the clip to the said drape or curtain.

These and other objects will be seen from the following specification and claims in conjunction with the appended drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the present drapery or curtain mounting clip.

Fig. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof, showing the clip interlocked with a drape shown in phantom lines.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, omitting the drape and showing the clip lock in fully open position.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation taken from the right side of Figure 2, illustrating the clip securing barbs as projected through the material of the drape.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate on an enlarged scale a dilferent barb construction.

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view of a different form of curtain mounting clip.

It will be noticed that the above drawing illustrates merely a preferred embodiment of the invention and with other embodiments are completed Within the scope of the claims hereafter set forth.

Referring to the drawing the present drapery or curtain mounting clip generally designed at 11 is made up of a wire element which includes the upright elongated body 12, which carries at its upper end a U-shaped material support 15 terminating in the upwardly projecting barb 16 adapted for projection through the material 17 of the curtain, drapery, or the like.

The body 12 at its upper end has a forwardly displaced portion 13 which terminates in the reversed turned element 14'and from which extends the aforementioned U-shaped material support 15. In this connection barb 16 is adapted to lie upon and against the opposite side of the material 17 as shown in Figure 2.

The body 12 at its lower end terminates in a laterally enlarged loop 19 of substantially rectangular shape and which has a horizontal bar 20 at its base.

Said loop at 21 terminates in the upwardly extending hanger support 23, which is of the same wire construction. This hanger support extends upwardly from the loop in parallel engaging relation with body 12 to a point intermediate the upper and lower ends of said body.

2,815,553 Patented Dec. 10, 1957 The hanger support at its upper end is reverse turned at 24 and terminates in the downwardly depending hanger 25. This hanger extends forwardly of the body and lies in a plane substantially at right angles to the body plane.

The said hanger is adapted to be slideably mounted upon a drapery or curtain rod by which the drape or curtain 17 is supportedly mounted, there of course being a series of longitudinally spaced clips 11 attached to the said curtain or drape.

The hanger 25 if desired could be in form of a complete loop without departing from the present invention.

The loop 19 is substantially coplanar with body 12 and is adapted to bear against one surface of the material 17.

The upright wire lock, generally designated at 26 and v shown in its released position in Figure 3, is pivotally mounted over and around the base 20 of said loop.

The said lock includes as in Figure 3 the U-shaped wire body 27 whose upper end as at 28 is reversely turned so as to loosely extend around the base 26 of said loop, and as indicated at 29 returns substantially to the plane of the U-shaped element 27 to thus complete means by which the lock is pivotally mounted upon loop 19 and is adapted to depend therefrom.

The lock includes at its upper end a U-shaped support which terminates in the upwardly projecting spaced barbs 30. Upon 180 degree upward rotation of lock 26 from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, the said barbs 30 will operatably project into the material 17 and as shown in Figure 2 lockingly engage the same and extend downwardly thereagainst.

In the assembly of the said clip 11 to the upper portion of the drape the body 12 is held at an acute angle to the plane of the drape 17, so that the barb 16 may be projected through the material thereof. Thereafter the body 12 is rotated downwardly into engaging relation with the material as in Figure 2. As a next step the lock is manually rotated as indicated by the arrow in Figure 3 upwardly throughout an arc of 180 degrees to the position of Figure 2. By maintaining a loop 19 against the material snugly, and at the same time maintain the material taut, the barbs 30 are projected through the material for holding the same tightly and unwrinkled. Barbs 30 as shown in Figure 2 cooperate v with the oppositely extended barb 16, whereby the clip is self supporting upon the material of the drape.

There is also provided a lock securing means desig nated at 18 and 22 which projects forwardly of body 12 substantially at right angles thereto and over which the upper portion of the lock 27 frictionally engages to thereby retain the lock in the drapery securing position shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The said lock securing means is formed by providing the reversely turned member 18 as an extension at the lower end of body 12 at the top of loop 19.

The wire continues downwardly in the formation of the loop 192021. The portion 21 terminates in the second reversely turned forwardly projecting member 22 which has the same shape as member 18. Members 18 and 22 cooperate to provide the above mentioned lock securing means. The second lock securing element 22 terminates in the upwardly extending hanger support 23 above described.

The body 12, the first support including barb 16, the hanger support 23, the hanger 25, the loop 19, as well as the lock securing means 1822 are all formed from a single continuous piece of wire.

As shown in Fig. 4 the U-shaped support 29 at the upper end of the lock body 27 terminates in a pair of spaced barbs 30, as an efiicient method of locking the lower end of the clip body upon the material.

It is contemplated that the number of the barbs 30 could be changed if desired.

Figure 5 illustrates a slight variation where instead of a single barb 16 there are shown a plurality of barbs 32 on the cross member 31 at the upper end of the wire body 12' which corresponds to body 12.

Similarly as shown in Figure 6 there are a plurality of barbs 30' 'instead of the pair of barbs 30 of Figure 4. In all other respects the lock construction of Figure 6 is the same as that shown in Figure 3, except that the respective numerical designations of the parts have each been primed.

Additionally the two inner barbs are mounted upon the transverse support 33 within the lock body 27 Where additional barbs are employed, i. e. either two or four, preferably 4, at the top and bottom of the present clip, it is possible to use such clip to serve the additional functioning and securing of pleats in the drape or curtain; either ordinary box pleats may be formed in the material or the pinch or French pleat alternatively may be formed.

It is contemplated as a part of the present invention that the present clip could be stamped from a piece of material rather than formed from wire.

Fig. 7 shows a slight different variation, wherein the lock 26 of Fig. 3 is omitted.

Here the clip includes an elongated upright wire body 34 which has at its upper end a reversely turned material support 35 terminating in the upwardly extending barb 36.

A second reversely turned material support 37 is provided at the lower end of body 34 terminating in the downwardly extended barb 38.

With this construction the barbs 36 and 38 are projected into the material of the drape with the body of the barb flexed to the dotted line position shown at 34.

Thereafter the barb is straightened out as shown by the solid lines. Intermediate the ends of body 34 there is provided a reverse turned hanger support 39, terminating in the hanger 40 and which is secured to body 34 as at 41.

Having described my invention reference should now be had to the claims which follow.

I claim:

1. A drape or curtain mounting clip comprising an upright wire body adapted to bear against the inner surface of a drape, curtain or the like material, an upright U-shaped material support at the upper end of the body terminating in an upwardly projecting barb adapted to project through the material and lie upon its outer side, a loop at the lower end of said body substantially coplanar therewith and adapted to bear against said inner surface, an upright hanger support extending upwardly from the loop in parallel engaging relation with the body to a point intermediate its ends, a reversely turned downwardly depending hanger extending forwardly of the body in a plane at right angles to the loop plane, an upright lock pivotally mounted on said loop and depending therefrom, and a U-shaped support at the upper end of said lock terminating in an upwardly projecting barb adapted on upward degrees rotation of said lock to project through the material and extend downwardly thereagainst.

2. The clip of claim 1, and lock securing means above said loop projecting forwardly of the body frictionally engageable with said lock upon upward rotation thereof.

3. The clip of claim 1, and lock securing means above said loop projecting forwardly of the body frictionally engageable with said lock upon upward rotation thereof, said body, U-shaped material support, loop, hanger support, hanger, and lock securing means being formed from a continuous piece of material.

4. A curtain mounting clip comprising an upright body adapted to bear against the inner surface of a curtain, drape or the like, upwardly projecting barb means at the upper end of said body adapted to project through the material of said curtain, a loop at the lower end of said body adapted to bear against the inner surface of said curtain, a reversely turned downwardly depending hanger joined to said body intermediate its ends and lying in a plane at right angles to the loop plane, and an upright lock pivotally mounted on said loop and depending therefrom and terminating in upwardly projecting barb means adapted on upward 180 degrees rotation of said lock to project through the material and extend downwardly thereagainst.

5. A curtain mounting clip comprising an upright body adapted to bear against the inner surface of a curtain, drape or the like, a plurality of upwardly projecting barbs at the upper end of said body adapted to project through the material of said curtain, a loop at the lower end of said body adapted to bear against the inner surface of said curtain, a reversely turned downwardly depending hanger joined to said body intermediate its ends and lying in a plane at right angles to the loop plane, and an upright lock pivotally mounted on said loop and depending therefrom and terminating in a plurality of upwardly projecting barbs adapted on upward 180 degrees rotation of said lock to project through the material and extend downwardly thereagainst.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 707,070 Bargar Aug. 19, 1902 2,012,734 Steiner Nov. 20, 1934 2,307,295 Pettit Jan. 5, 1943 

